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Posts & Comments That Provoked Me: Babies Can Learn to Swim, But Also Watch Your Kids
Yes, babies can learn to swim. Children can learn to swim quite young.
Some people seem to be upset at this fact, and while their outrage might be misplaced, the fear that inspires it is not. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say the angry reacts are coming from folks who love kids, maybe even have children of their own, and are terrified of the idea of a baby drowning. That's perfectly reasonable. After all, it's a pretty common parenting horror story.
There is also likely an element of fear that is based on the fact that we don't really trust parents to look out for their children. Given the fact that the last forever of humanity featured almost exclusively abusive child-rearing techniques (with the exception of some small and/or indigenous communities not influenced by western principles), and many of us have been victims of child abuse/neglect ourselves, that is also understandable.
That being said, I don't believe that's what's going on here. I honestly panicked when I saw that kid just drop into the water and float around, barely lifting her head, and when she got to the steps and stood up I sighed audibly with relief that I hadn't just stumbled upon some deep web snuff video. That child is swimming like a champ. I love swimming so much I sometimes want to go jump in the ocean, and I don't swim half as well. Look at her go! She doesn't even need to plug her nose. I was still doing that when I was 25. I still occasionally forget to breathe out a little when I dive or flip. But this baby is closer to a mermaid than any of us will ever be. She's basically a fish.
Yes, I am jealous of this child, why do you ask?
The key here is obviously that this kid is being watched and was taught to swim. Her parents didn't just yeet her into the pool one day and say, "Swimming's like life, Eliza! You sink or swim!"
There is a right way to teach your babies to swim, and while it is possible to teach them much earlier than you'd expect, you should have the facts before you attempt that. You could go follow Elizabeth's account, or if you want to know more right now, you could read this article from the AAP Healthy Children website.
You can also check out the Reddit group BeyondtheBump and read other folks' experiences with teaching their babies to swim.
Honestly, this was a cool thing to learn about. It's unlikely I'll get to teach any kids to swim in my lifetime, but if I was a parent I'd want to get right on it. Swimming is a really underappreciated life skill. It's great low-impact exercise, and it can also be very therapeutic. It sucks that it's basically paywalled by fees and gym memberships, but that's capitalism for you.
So yeah, if you have the privilege of access to a safe body of water, teach your kids. Teach other folks' kids, if you have the privilege of time. I hope anybody reading this can take something useful away from it.
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Not our typical post type but felt led to share for our mothers out there! Via @beyondthebump ・・・ Chances are, you're feeling pretty uncomfortable right now (trust me I am too). I'm going to challenge you to push past the discomfort society has placed on postpartum mental illness and hear me out. May has been declared Postpartum Depression Awareness Month and as someone with diagnosed postpartum depression, anxiety, and OCD I feel like it's time to show you what that can really look like, not just the side of me that's "Facebook worthy." The truth is, both of these pictures represent my life depending on the day. I would only ever comfortably share one of these realities though and that's the problem. The only thing more exhausting than having these conditions is pretending daily that I don't. I work twice as hard to hide this reality from you because I'm afraid to make you uncomfortable. I'm afraid you'll think I'm weak, crazy, a terrible mother, or the other million things my mind convinces me of and I know I'm not alone in those thoughts. We need to stop assuming that the postpartum period is always euphoric, because for 1 in 7 it's not. We need to start asking new parents how they're doing in a deeper way than the normal, "so how are you doing?" that triggers the knee jerk, "everything's great!" response. We need to learn the signs, symptoms, risk factors, and support plans for postpartum conditions. We need to break the stigma and #EndTheSilence by sharing our stories and letting others know they're not alone. If you have had a postpartum mood disorder please share your story below, or simply post ❤ to show you can relate. Let's show others that they don't have to suffer in silence. In case no one has told you, you're doing an amazing job. You are loved and you are worthy. You're not alone. Information to local and national support will be in the comment section. I know how unbelievably hard it is to reach out, but I promise you it is worth it. YOU'RE worth it. Thank you to my close friend Danielle from Danielle Fantis Photography, a fellow mom that struggled with ppd, for capturing these images for me and encouraging me to share them with you. https://ift.tt/2r5mGpH
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It's so sad seeing threads exactly like these every single day on parenting forums.
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Woman With 1 Ovary Shares Her "Tale of the Magic Fertile Wedding Dress"
After losing an ovary and a fallopian tube in 2014 and finding out her remaining ones were scarred, Reddit user jbuch was unsure if she'd be able to get pregnant easily. Because of this, she and her fiancé decided it would be fun to begin trying about a year before their wedding. With her wedding date on the horizon, she began to dress shop over Labor Day weekend of 2015, where she found her perfect dress, which she now refers to as her "magic fertile wedding dress." "The day after I bought my dress, I got a reallllyyyy positive pregnancy test," she wrote. "'Whoops,' thought I. 'That's mighty inconvenient.' But, we had been trying for almost a year, and I was super excited. So, the wedding date got pushed back and I gave birth to our perfect son in May of 2016." After Merrick's birth, the couple set their wedding date for Aug. 5, 2017, but after trying on her dress for her final fitting - and only for the second time ever - she spent the rest of the day feeling extremely nauseated. "Huh. Might as well buy a pregnancy test, right? Just to confirm I'm not pregnant for the wedding, right? RIGHT?!" she wrote. "Guys. IT WAS POSITIVE. I'm pregnant. I'm having another baby. I'M SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW." The expectant mom ended her post with a generous offer to donate her dress to anyone in need once she's said "I do" in it: "So tell your friends who are trying that I have a magical fertility wedding dress they can borrow once I'm done with it. Just put it on once and you'll be pregnant before you know it." The tale of the magic fertile wedding dress. from beyondthebump http://bit.ly/2v3jgSv
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Upvoted: MRW my dad took a bite of my baby's scrambled eggs, which I'd made with a splash of breastmilk... via /r/beyondthebump http://ift.tt/2ni7cal
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